missed this - and yes i mostly agree.Endovelico wrote:A government keen on changing the way things are could very well encourage cooperatives and an increase in local power. It could even cheat a bit and give to cooperatives tax breaks not available to capitalist firms. Small is beautiful and, most of all, is not dangerous to freedom and democracy. What you sacrifice on economies of scale you gain in legitimacy and in a decrease in conflictuality (hope this word exists in English...).noddy wrote:You cant make cooperatives happen, they require motivated and ermm, cooperative people... all you can do is make sure government legislation isnt making them harder todo than they already are and then hope the culture is independant and creative enough to take advantage of it.
highly atomised and entitled people who cant even cooperate with themselves, its snot gunna happen.
however neither the government left or the corporate right that is our current system have any interest in this so its not a political option for any of us.
rent seekers to the left, rent seekers to the right - co-operative libertarians are isolated loons laughed at by both sides.